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SUBMITTER: Rosso L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6081362 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosso Lorenzo L Zanella Alberto A Righi Ilaria I Barilani Mario M Lazzari Lorenza L Scotti Eleonora E Gori Francesca F Mendogni Paolo P
Journal of thoracic disease 20180701 Suppl 20
Lung transplantation is the only therapeutic option for end-stage pulmonary failure. Nevertheless, the shortage of donor pool available for transplantation does not allow to satisfy the requests, thus the mortality on the waiting list remains high. One of the tools to overcome the donor pool shortage is the use of <i>ex-vivo</i> lung perfusion (EVLP) to preserve, evaluate and recondition selected lung grafts not otherwise suitable for transplantation. EVLP is nowadays a clinical reality and have ...[more]